Adventist

American

[ad-ven-tist, ad-ven-] / ˈæd vɛn tɪst, ædˈvɛn- /

noun

Also called Second Adventist. a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.

adjective

of or relating to Adventists.

Adventist British

/ ˈædvɛntɪst, ˈædvən- /

noun

a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent

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Other Word Forms

Adventism

noun

Etymology

Origin of Adventist

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

Example Sentences

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The research, titled Egg intake and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort linked with Medicare data, was published in the Journal of Nutrition.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Another organ from County Durham was moved to a Seventh Day Adventist church in Homerton in east London.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Horning said he grew up in a strict Seventh-day Adventist household in Northern California, forbidden from reading anything other than the Bible and approved nonfiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The male victim, Eric Cordes, was a longtime radiologist at Adventist Health Simi Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

The son of a Seventh-Day Adventist missionary, Luthuli was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia and educated in Natal.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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